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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?
(a) Death.
(b) Attack by vultures.
(c) Further injury.
(d) Fear.

2. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Flee.
(c) Something about all that has happened.
(d) Forgive those who have sinned against them.

3. What happens to the sick child who was removed from the camp with his family in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.
(b) He is treated by the Army physician and heals.
(c) He dies, and his father buries him.
(d) He survives for a few more months.

4. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?
(a) From flagging down a taxi.
(b) From playing on a jungle gym.
(c) From working out at the gym.
(d) From carrying a basket full of pastries and produce.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?
(a) To show the reader the various reasons why colored Civil War soldiers were asking for their pensions.
(b) To show the reader how many left slavery to fight in the Civil War.
(c) To show the reader how educated the Civil War soldiers were.
(d) To show the reader how polite the Civil War soldiers were.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?

2. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?

5. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?

(see the answer key)

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